diff --git a/cmake/cc.cmake b/cmake/cc.cmake
index 0a498510a..a162986f8 100644
--- a/cmake/cc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cc.cmake
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 include(CheckCCompilerFlag)
 
 if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU" OR ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "LSB" OR ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES "Clang")
-
   set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} -Wall")
   set(COMMON_PROF "${COMMON_PROF} -fno-inline")
   set(NO_UNINITIALIZED_WARN "-Wno-uninitialized")
+  set(GCC_VERSION ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION})
 
   if (QUIET_MAKE)
     set(CCOMMON_OPT "${CCOMMON_OPT} ${NO_UNINITIALIZED_WARN} -Wno-unused")
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ endif ()
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL COOPERLAKE)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
     if (NOT NO_AVX512)
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
       if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.1 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.1)
         set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=cooperlake")
       else ()
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ endif ()
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL SAPPHIRERAPIDS)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
     if (NOT NO_AVX512)
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
       if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 11.0 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 11.0)
         set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=sapphirerapids")
       else ()
@@ -167,7 +165,6 @@ if (${CORE} STREQUAL ZEN)
   if (HAVE_AVX512VL)
     if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
       if (NOT NO_AVX512)
-        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
         if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 13.0 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 13.0)
           set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=znver4")
         else ()
@@ -180,7 +177,6 @@ endif ()
 
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL A64FX)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
     if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 11.0 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 11.0)
       set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=armv8.2-a+sve -mtune=a64fx")
     else ()
@@ -194,7 +190,6 @@ if (${CORE} STREQUAL NEOVERSEN2)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "PGI" AND NOT NO_SVE)
 	set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -Msve_intrinsics -march=armv8.5-a+sve+sve2+bf16 -mtune=neoverse-n2")
     else ()
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
       if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
 	set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=armv8.5-a+sve+sve2+bf16 -mtune=neoverse-n2")
       else ()
@@ -209,7 +204,6 @@ if (${CORE} STREQUAL NEOVERSEV1)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "PGI" AND NOT NO_SVE)
 	set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -Msve_intrinsics -march=armv8.4-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-v1")
     else ()
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
       if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
         set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=armv8.4-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-v1")
       else ()
@@ -221,7 +215,6 @@ endif ()
 
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL NEOVERSEN1)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
     if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 9.4 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 9.4)
       set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -march=armv8.2-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-n1")
     else ()
@@ -266,23 +259,21 @@ endif ()
 
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL POWER10)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
     if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.2 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.2)
       set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -mcpu=power10 -mtune=power10 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
     else ()
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler GCC.${GCC_VERSION} does not support Power10." )
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler GCC ${GCC_VERSION} does not support Power10." )
     endif()
   endif ()
 endif ()
 
 if (${CORE} STREQUAL POWER9)
   if (NOT DYNAMIC_ARCH)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
     if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 5.0 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 5.0)
       set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -mcpu=power9 -mtune=power9 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
     else ()
       set (CCOMMON_OPT  "${CCOMMON_OPT} -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
-      message(WARNING "Compiler GCC.${GCC_VERSION} does not fully support Power9.")
+      message(WARNING "Compiler GCC ${GCC_VERSION} does not fully support Power9.")
     endif ()
   endif ()
 endif ()
diff --git a/cmake/os.cmake b/cmake/os.cmake
index e24059dd5..2effbe0e5 100644
--- a/cmake/os.cmake
+++ b/cmake/os.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
 
     # Test for supporting MS_ABI
     # removed string parsing in favor of CMake's version comparison -hpa
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
+    set(GCC_VERSION ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION})
     if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 4.7 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 4.7)
       # GCC Version >=4.7
       # It is compatible with MSVC ABI.
diff --git a/cmake/system.cmake b/cmake/system.cmake
index 6fec04bfc..3c6061958 100644
--- a/cmake/system.cmake
+++ b/cmake/system.cmake
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ include("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/prebuild.cmake")
 if (DEFINED TARGET)
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL COOPERLAKE AND NOT NO_AVX512)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU")
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
         if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.09)
           set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=cooperlake")
         else()
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@ if (DEFINED TARGET)
   endif()
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL SAPPHIRERAPIDS AND NOT NO_AVX512)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU")
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
         if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 11.0)
           set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=sapphirerapids")
         else()
@@ -209,7 +207,6 @@ if (DEFINED TARGET)
   
   if (((${TARGET} STREQUAL ZEN) AND HAVE_AVX512VL) AND NOT NO_AVX512)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU")
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
         if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 12.99)
           set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=znver4")
 	else()
@@ -227,8 +224,7 @@ if (DEFINED TARGET)
   
   if ((${TARGET} STREQUAL HASWELL OR (${TARGET} STREQUAL ZEN AND NOT HAVE_AVX512VL)) AND NOT NO_AVX2)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU")
-      execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
-      if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 4.7 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 4.7)
+	    if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 4.7 OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 4.7)
         set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -mavx2")
       endif()
     elseif (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "CLANG")
@@ -267,20 +263,18 @@ if (DEFINED TARGET)
   endif()
 
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL POWER10)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
-    if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.2 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.2)
+    if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.2 OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 10.2)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -mcpu=power10 -mtune=power10 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
     else ()
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler GCC.${GCC_VERSION} does not support Power10.")
+	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler GCC ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} does not support Power10.")
     endif()
   endif()
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL POWER9)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
-    if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 5.0 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 5.0)
+    if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5.0 OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 5.0)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -mcpu=power9 -mtune=power9 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
     else ()
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -mcpu=power8 -mtune=power8 -mvsx -fno-fast-math")
-      message(WARNING "Compiler GCC.${GCC_VERSION} does not support fully Power9.")
+      message(WARNING "Compiler GCC ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} does not support fully Power9.")
     endif()
   endif()
   if (${TARGET} STREQUAL POWER8)
@@ -291,11 +285,10 @@ if (${TARGET} STREQUAL NEOVERSEV1)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "PGI" AND NOT NO_SVE)
 	set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -Msve_intrinsics -march=armv8.4-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-v1")
     else ()
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
-    if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
+    if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=armv8.4-a+sve -mtune=neoverse-v1")
     else ()
-	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${GCC_VERSION} does not support Neoverse V1.")
+	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} does not support Neoverse V1.")
     endif()
     endif()
   endif()
@@ -303,11 +296,10 @@ if (${TARGET} STREQUAL NEOVERSEV1)
     if (${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "PGI" AND NOT NO_SVE)
 	set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -Msve-intrinsics -march=armv8.5-a+sve+sve2+bf16 -mtune=neoverse-n2")
     else ()
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE GCC_VERSION)
-    if (${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR ${GCC_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
+    if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 10.4 OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 10.4)
       set (KERNEL_DEFINITIONS  "${KERNEL_DEFINITIONS} -march=armv8.5-a+sve+sve2+bf16 -mtune=neoverse-n2")
     else ()
-	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler $${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} {GCC_VERSION} does not support Neoverse N2.")
+	    message(FATAL_ERROR "Compiler $${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION} does not support Neoverse N2.")
     endif()
     endif()
   endif()